Project Management Fundamentals – Boosting The ROI Of Projects
COURSE OVERVIEW
Project management is the process of organizing the way that changes are implemented efficiently within an organization. Getting the best from your projects, big and small, by boosting your knowledge of project management is essential for continuous growth of company top and bottom lines. Poor project management leads to increased costs, thus shrinking the profit margin of the business, which no business owner would want to occur. However, this is a big reality in over 80% of companies.
This course empowers new project managers and project management team members with the key principles of effective project management.
HOW WILL YOU BENEFIT:
At the end of this course, participants should be able to:
- Understand project management in context
- Apply project management frameworks
- Apply principles, tools and techniques of project management in real life scenarios
- Create project scope and scope management plan
- Communicating and stakeholder engagement during project management
- Managing project challenges in diversified environments
KEY CONTENTS:
Module 1 – Project Management Introduction and Overview
- Definition of Project Management and Types
- Role of Project Management in Organizational Growth, Value Creation and Value Innovation
- Project Management – Past and Present
- Key Facts on Project Management Practices and Return on Investment of Projects
Module 2 – Project Management Framework
- Project Planning Cycle
- Project Management Phases and Processes
- Crafting a Business Case for Projects and Writing Project Design Brief
- Project Initiation Documentation
- Project Charters
- Request for Proposal Documents
- Project Issue Management
- Project Benefits Management
- Managing Project Complexities, Uncertainty and Paradox
- Project Financial Management
- Business Testing in Projects
- Rationalizing Projects
- Project Closure Activities
Module 3 – Principles, Tools and Practices in Project Scheduling
- Project Action Plans
- Application of Burn-down charts
- Conducting Gap Analysis
- Planning Poker in Agile Project Management
- Estimating Activities and Project Time
- Project Schedule Development
- Kanban Boards
- Gantt Charts
- Critical Path Networks and PERT Analysis
- The MoSCow Method
- Log frames and Logical Framework
Module 4 – Project Scoping and Scope Management
- Scope Definition
- Project Scope Controls
- Business requirement analysis
- Work Breakdown Structures
Module 5 – Communicating and Delegating in Project Management
- Working with project stakeholders
- Project and Program Governance
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Effective Scrum Meetings
- Influence Mapping
- Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM) Analysis
- The RACI Matrix
Module 6 – Project Measurement and Reporting
- Importance of Tracking Project Progress
- Tracking Mechanism
- Tracking Project Outcome to Resources
- Designing and Deploying Project Dashboards
- Project Milestones Reporting at Key Checkpoints
Module 7 – Managing Change in Project Environments
- The Change Curve
- Lewin’s Change Management Model
- Bechhard and Harris’s Change Education
- Kotter’s 8 Step Change Management Process
- Overcoming Cultural Barriers in Change Management
- Leavitt’s Diamond
- The Burke-Litwin Change Model
Module 8 – Project Improvement and Review
- After Action Review Process
- Post-Implementation Reviews
- Conducting a Project Health-check
- Why do project fail?
- How to management risk in project
METHODOLOGY
This program will be delivered via interactive presentation, practical hands-on activities, role-play and group & individual presentation.
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